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Perhaps it is somewhat overrated. However, I'm surprised you found it overwhelming. I have found the transition to Boston to be quite easy, although I have lived in a suburb of it for my entire life. Just out of curiosity, what did you think was overwhelming about it?
Besides the fact that you had to be very cautious everywhere you walked (because drivers drive off the street at times), everyone always seemed in a rush, T was never on time, never stopped for longer than like 30 seconds, so if you were remotely late, you were screwed. I didn't find it to be that walkable, but that could've been because of where in Boston I was. It also could've been the fact that I hated my school, and left after a semester, but Boston wasn't as great as I had remembered it, before enrolling. I just find Philly to be less overwhelming and easier to navigate.
As the thread title says, this has been done before. So has this: Boston? Buffalo? Columbus? These are entirely different kinds of places than Iowa City, or Oxford, OH. A town or small city completely defined by its university is a college town in the pure sense. Maybe we need separate categories for such pure college towns and for big cities that have colleges, and might be great places to live the college experience, but also have a lot of other things going on. These two kinds of places are too different from each other to be comparable.
Since Boston University literally owns half the property in the city of Boston, I'd have to say it definately the ultimate College town.
I've only been to Boston during the holidays for the past 27 years and its usually empty, so I don't know what the college town feels like.
Since Boston University literally owns half the property in the city of Boston, I'd have to say it definately the ultimate College town.
I've only been to Boston during the holidays for the past 27 years and its usually empty, so I don't know what the college town feels like.
I went there--it really doesn't...It doesn't feel like a college town either.
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